Apple Music
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Integrates with Apple Music API to enable song searching and playback link generation for music discovery applications
Details
- Author
- akr4
- Repository
- akr4/applemusic-mcp-server
- GitHub stars
- 1
- Downloads
- 268
- License
- MIT License
- Categories
- AI, Design, Developer Tools, Search, Frontend, Security, API, Media
- Tags
- #integration
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- Search for songs by title, artist, or album
- Generate deep links for songs and playlists
- Simple command-line interface
- Uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to interact with clients
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
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Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Apple MusicCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)npxArguments-
Argument 1
-y -
Argument 2
@highlight/mcp-server
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
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Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
The Apple Music MCP server requires authentication credentials to access the Apple Music API. These are provided via command-line arguments.
cargo run -- --team-id YOUR_TEAM_ID --key-id YOUR_KEY_ID --private-key-path /path/to/AuthKey.p8
searchSongs
Search for songs from Apple Music by title, album name, or artist name. Parameters: query (string) - The search query text. Returns: Array of Song objects with details including title, artist, album, duration, and URLs.
generatePlaybackLink
Generate a deep link for playback of a song or playlist. Parameters: Either song_id or playlist_id must be provided. Returns: Object containing the Apple Music URL.
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"apple music": {
"env": {},
"args": [
"-y",
"@highlight/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}Linux
{
"env": [],
"args": [
"-y",
"@highlight/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}Macos
{
"env": [],
"args": [
"-y",
"@highlight/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}Windows
{
"env": [],
"args": [
"/c",
"npx",
"-y",
"@highlight/mcp-server"
],
"command": "cmd"
}Apple Music MCP Server
An MCP server for interacting with the Apple Music API. This server provides tools for searching songs, generating playback links.
Features
- Search for songs by title, artist, or album
- Generate deep links for songs and playlists
- Simple command-line interface
- Uses the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to interact with clients
Requirements
- Rust (nightly, because of rmcp)
- Apple Developer account with Apple Music API access
- Apple Music API Key (.p8 file)
Installation
```bash
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